“Prostitution” A world wide business

Melissa Farley disagrees that prostitution is a free choice, her report about women in Vancouver showed that 63% of the women prostitutes they interviewed were abused as children. Many of the articles in this chapter talk about women having little to no choice growing up as to what they will do. The trafficking of women starts when they are children forcing them to become something of ownership, they do not get an education and when they are older they have little choise on another occupation. I think most prostitutes were raised in a manner of abuse, from what i read in this chapter you could make this connection all over the globe.

Prostitution reflects the intersection of race, sex and class oppression by where prostitution is popular. Cities that are of a lower class seem to have more prostitution than an upper class city, making prostitution for some people the only meens of making a living. “For example, in Minneapolis, a city that is 96% White European American, more than half the women in strip club prostitution are women of color.” Seeing Ourselves.

The legalization of prostitution would make it an occupation and a government run job, paying taxes and having laws other than, prostitution is illegal. This differs from decriminalization because it makes it normal, like decriminalizing but the government is now responsable for certain aspects of public health. Decriminalizing it would keep the risk off the government.Farley is opposed to both because either way you look at it, women are still experiencing violence and being treated very poorly. I agree with her position, women in prostitution are treated very poorly. Legalizing or decriminalizing prostitution would just make it more “ok” for pimps and johns to abuse, mistreat and take possesion of women.

BY JOHNATHAN

One thought on ““Prostitution” A world wide business

  1. I have to disagree with this. Legalizing prostitution would not make it “ok” for pimps and johns to beat on the women. I believe it would slowly stop them from doing it. Think about it: If you were a prostitute and what you are doing is illegal but it’s your only source of income, when someone assaults you you keep it to yourself. Why? Because it’s illegal and you could get into trouble with the law if you go to the police about being assaulted. You were in the wrong when you got assaulted so the police would either charge you both, or let you both go free.

    I think that with prostitution made legal, women would feel more safe having the law on their side than against it. That way, if you get assaulted, you can go to the police and they can arrest the offender and stop them from doing it again.

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